Oil-burner.



PATENTED JUNBZS, 1903..Y

J. P. RUMPLB.

OIL BURNERv APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 29, 1902.

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JAMES F. RUMPLE, OF TEMPLE, TEXAS.

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731,505, dated June 23, 1903.

` Application led September 29,1902. Serial No. 125,149. (No model To a/ whom, it may concern.:

Be it known that 1, JAMEsF. RUMPLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Temple, in the county of Bell and State of' Texas, have invented certain new and Vuseful Improvements in Oil-Burners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, refereuce being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This inventionrelates to oil-burners, and is particularly suitable for use in the fireboXes of domestic ranges and stoves. Its use, however, is not limited thereto; but it may be applied to furnaces or other combustion-chambers.

The object of the invention is to form an improved burner for the combustion of oil with an admixture of'steam or Water spray, and a further object is to form a novel and convenient arrangement which may be applied with little trouble to there-boxes of existing ranges or stoves.

The accompanying drawings show the device applied to a range.

Figure 1 is a perspective View thereof, the top and other parts of the range being removed to show the device. Fig. 2 is a nerspective view of the burner proper inverted, and Fig. 3 -is a vertical section thereof. Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the oil-pan and parts which are placed in the lire-box of the range.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 13 indicates the water-tank, and 14 the oil-tank, conveniently located above and at the rear of the range. Oil and Water are fed from these tanks to the burner 18 through pipes 16 and 15, respectively, which pipes have the usual handvalves, (indicated at v24.)

The burner 18 is placed at or about the middle of the rear edge of a trough-shaped oilpan 22, which runs from one end of the firebox to the other. From the front edge of the oil-pan an inclined plate 23 extends to the front upper corner of the fire-box and serves to prevent access of air admitted through the draft door or slides of the range to the oil-pan except by passing under and around behind the same, as indicated by the course of the arrows in Fig. 4. At and over the rear edge of the oil-pan is a curved deflector 20, which serves to direct the iiowof air downwardly and forwardlyover the oil-pan. Thus the air flows over the oil-pan from the rear, making adouble turn before the products of the combustion pass back to the stovepipe. The plate 23 becomes heated bythe combustion and heals the air supplied to the re. To heat the water supplied to the combustionchamber, an enlarged pipe l5a is employed, and this pipe and the oil-supply pipe 16 are located between the top of the range and thc top lining of the oven in the course of the flames back to the stovepipe. By this means the oil and water are heated before reaching the burner. A back 4plaie 19 and ends 17 serve to support and complete the oil-pan and to conne and direct the airdraft to the course above indicated.

As stated above, the burner 1S is located at or about the middle of the oil-pan. llt coinprises au oil-chamberl and a Water-chamber 2, removably held together by a long bolt 9. The oil is supplied to the oilchamber from the pipe 16 through a nipple 16, and water is supplied to the chamber 2 by the pipe 15. The oil and water are vaporized in these chambers, and the gas issues downwardly through a series of holes 3 in the bottom of the oilchamber, and the steam issues through a slot 4, formed in the top of the Water-cl1amberad jacent the openings 3.

For the purpose of cleaning the oil-chamber, which is apt to become clogged, the front Wall 5 thereof is removable, being retained in position by a bolt 8, which extends rearwardly through the oil-chamber and the nipple lbfL and is held by a nut 11 against the cap 10 of the nipple. By loosening the nut and giving the front 5 a half-turn the oil-chamber can be readily aud effectively blown out or other- Wise cleaned. The bolt Sis fast to thefront 5, and a pointer l2 on the end of the bolt' indicates when the front 5 is turned open.

To start the iire, oil is iiowed into the pan 22 sufficient to heat the burner and start generation of vapor.

By the use of the device above described crude oil can be burned effectively and economically without smoke orsoot, and the den IOO posit or residue which accumulates in the oil i whereby the air passes under the plate and or generating chamber can be cleaned or\ trough, a curved defleetor-plate at the rear of the re-box, projecting over the rear edge of the trough to return the air thereover, and a burner between the trough and detleetorplate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses..

JAMES F. RUMPLE.

blown out without delay and Without disturbing the arrangement of the oil-pan and de- Hector-plate.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination with a tire-box having an air-inlet in the front thereof, of an oil-trough arranged lengthwise therein, a {lame-plate extending from the front edge of the trough to the front of the {ire-box over the air-inlet,

Witnesses:

W. S. LEMLY, L. T. MCOORMICK. 

